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/ 21 January 2009
Eskom said on Tuesday costs for its two new power plants had risen on the back of volatile commodity markets, but they would be completed on time.
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/ 13 January 2009
The DA’s new policy statement on energy and the environment, released on Tuesday, calls for a new ministry to be created.
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/ 10 January 2009
Eskom shut down the construction of its Medupi power station in the country’s Limpopo province after a cholera scare, a spokesperson said on Friday.
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/ 13 December 2008
Nersa laid out the rules for its power conservation programme on Friday, in a bid for reaction from the public and affected sectors by early January.
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/ 11 December 2008
Eskom said on Wednesday it has awarded a R2,9-billion contract for construction at its Kusile Power Station to a joint venture of SA companies.
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/ 5 December 2008
Eskom on Friday said that it was "not in a position to invest in nuclear", and has terminated talks it was holding with nuclear technology providers.
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/ 4 December 2008
A government task team will be established to handle the effects of the global economic crisis, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced on Thursday.
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/ 3 December 2008
SA is in talks with the World Bank over a loan of up to -billion for Eskom’s expansion programme, an official at the Treasury said on Wednesday.
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/ 27 November 2008
South Africa has put a provision in its nuclear policy to restrict uranium exports to satisfy local demand.
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/ 26 November 2008
Eskom said on Wednesday that power supply was tight, increasing the likelihood of cuts, especially on the back of a temporary nuclear-unit shutdown.
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/ 20 November 2008
State-owned utility Eskom is to review its plan to raise tariffs on power in light of the global financial turmoil.
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/ 14 November 2008
South Africa has enough coal to help ensure electricity supply is enough for the next few months, said senior manager Andrew Etzinger.
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/ 13 November 2008
So far renewable energy investment has been stalling because private providers had no incentive to generate their own electricity.
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/ 10 November 2008
Eskom said on Monday it had signed a -million loan with the African Development Bank to support its power-expansion programme.
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/ 7 November 2008
South Africa’s economy will slow in 2008 but a healthy banking sector will stave off a recession even in the face of global financial turmoil.
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/ 1 November 2008
Indecision is threatening much-vaunted nuclear rennaisance, writes Stefaans Brümmer.
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/ 30 October 2008
Johannesburg residents demonstrating for free basic electricity threatened on Thursday to boycott next year’s general election.
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/ 15 October 2008
Eskom may propose legislation to force companies to save energy, a senior manager said on Wednesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
Eskom faces an huge funding hurdle not only because of the global financial meltdown, but also because its expansion spending has more than doubled.
South Africa is not immune to global market turmoil, much as we would like to think otherwise.
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/ 24 September 2008
A final decision on whether South Africa will extend its nuclear power capacity is expected within the month, if not sooner.
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/ 17 September 2008
Eskom is nearing a decision on whether to award a contract to build nuclear-power facilities to France’s Areva or Westinghouse Electric.
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/ 15 September 2008
Cabinet is backing a radical new tax policy to combat climate change, writes Kevin Davie.
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/ 11 September 2008
Eskom has signed an export credit financing loan agreement with German bank KfW-IPEX for approximately R2,8-billion, it said on Wednesday.
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/ 10 September 2008
Anglo American and Eskom have signed an agreement aimed at guaranteeing SA’s power supply, they said in a statement on Wednesday.
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/ 4 September 2008
SA’s mining sector has made gains in securing electricity, the director general of the Minerals and Energy Department said on Thursday.
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/ 3 September 2008
What else should the disgruntled do? When they bare their bums, they are criticised for bringing our freedom into disrepute.
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/ 2 September 2008
The recent rating downgrade of power utility Eskom by Moody’s is a concern, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 September 2008
Eskom’s chief financial officer (CFO), Bongani Nqwababa, has resigned, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday.
The energy market should be privatised and deregulated for the electricity crisis in SA to be solved, the Free Market Foundation suggests.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Tuesday estimated the cost of the energy shortage to be about R50-billion.
We do have the policies, reports Kevin Davie, but there doesn’t seem to be an implementation plan.